End of year favourites - Banks' Pond

This is my local dragonfly hotspot and gets better each year.  I have seen 15 species of odonata there - nine dragonflies and six damselflies.  They include four spotted chaser

Broad-bodied chaser

Emperor dragonfly (plus azure damselfly)

Southern hawker

Large red damselfly

Banded demoiselle

Azure damselfly

Black darter

Ruddy darter

Common darter

Migrant hawker

Emerald damselfly

It is also a great place for butterflies and day-flying moths, including common blue butterfly

Small copper

Six-spot burnet moth

Cinnabar moth

I have also seen brown hare,

roe deer, common buzzard, green woodpecker, lesser whitethroat, and yellowhammer amongst many others.  My plan for next year is to walk around the pond at least once a week during British Summertime and to post a report here each week.